The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-22
STREET POLlIENESS.
An Essay Toward I'rIving That Manners
>huuid Make Women a. Well "a Men.

IN Essay Toward Proving That Manners
>huuid Make Women a. Well "a Men.
HE ladies of this city are rapid,
| learning la keep To- the right un muddy
crossings. and are also adopting other
simple c"urir>ir> which are putin.
Them la the front IL the hamd~nmr>t
and best of the ~i>lrrho"d i'm America.
bmt occasionally am obstinate. strong
| minded. contrary specimen i cncuum-
| tered. VIII" will persist i'm amhling t0
! The left. or doing some other equally
inconsistent and unnecessary act. \
gentleman who has Travelled extensively
in Europe remarked ina reporter. while
di>cu>~in" some of the characteristics
of the ~cniirr >rN. that the men of
America are largely Ia blame for the
disposition of some of tie fair creatures
to take this surrender of every thing "a
a matter IF course. for they have so
long treated them with Such gallantry
that MANY have been educated into re-
gardin" - Il right what is simply
courtesy. La Paris ur Vienna. for in
stance. if street car br crowded with
males. and a lady should enter. not one
of them would venture to offer Il seat.
and the lady herself would not expect
it,. The women there have never been
taught that they had any more rights
than Il man. and for that reason, if an
American should extend a courtesy he
l. accustomed la ri nome. he would be
stared at a. an Anak. and even the lady
herself would he tempted To regard it
a. impairment And then he said that
the ungallantrieS Ia the ladies Ia be
met with across the Continent were
sufficient To keep an American blood
boiling, and he never wanted 10 see
similar rudeneSS eS;rnd To this country.
although the ladic. sometimes invited
il hy the mattrr-of-fart WAY in which
they prc-cmpted ever, thing i'm the line
of accommodation to which their fancy
inclined.
Ii WAS Florence Marryat who once
wrote that Americans cXcclled all na-
tion> in attention To their women. hut
that the American ladies were the
most unmamcrly: but she awarded the
palm of booriShncSS to the men of her
own nationality. which is English In
New York. and even i'm cultivated BO>-
ton. a churliSh treatment of ladies in
Il public conveyance is beginning To
make itself felt. and i'm the former city
the SIM Sneering ly speaks of an incl
dent on Il car. where gentleman sur
rendered his seat as ''lOSt art" The
average American. however. whether
rich or lowly. is proud of Il chance to
be tender and chivalric tn lady. and
he Il amply compensated if his courte-
~ Ice recognized a. courtesy. and not
accepted "a right.
1t seems like little thing Ia keep to
the right ON a muddy crossing. but there
are MANY ladies walking abreast who
uevrr stop la consider the limited pas
sage. and coolly appropriate it H. they
would Il seat in 4 car. There are men,
too. who do this thing: but "a 4 grner-
al thing they do it.at the risk of being
pushed Ia one side. for they know thar
while the average man will take q good
deal off woman hc will stand no fool
ishnrS> from one of his own sex. and
will elbow him into the mud without
the slightest compunction of conscience
If he neglected To obey the common
law of kecSng 10 the right Ll,!iaRdp-
olis Ne,oS
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